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hey so for once there's an actual happy update to something

our local ice cream guy came home and he's getting a green card

They Were So Afraid, They Erased the Words.

Yesterday, I spoke truth about what happened in North Carolina. About democracy being stolen in broad daylight. About rigged maps and broken promises. About betraying every sacrifice ever made for the right to vote.

Then something extraordinary happened.

Nicky Dries, professor - “When someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going?” Excellent article on concerns with AI use in academia @heymrsbond.com

This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.

They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.

"To be Muslim in New York is to expect indignity. But indignity does not make us distinct. There are many New Yorkers who face it. It is the *tolerance* of that indignity that does... I have carried these indignities with me each moment of this race."

—Zohran Mamdani

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anyway if you feel like knowing about how nazis use the internet

or the christian right's agenda in government

both depressingly relevant considerations

my books are here:
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It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

Borges is not the only Social Security official to raise concerns about the safety of data under the U.S. DOGE Service, which was launched by billionaire Elon Musk to cut costs across the government.

This is what I mean when I say traditional media can't handle the right's bad faith. In no way was DOGE made to simply trim government spending. It was made to nullify Congress and take a hatchet to programs that ran afoul of the regime's agenda. That media can't say this reinforces the bad faith.

this is not even a march, this is spontaneously assembled from the people on the street and surrounding areas who hate ICE and that’s fucking beautiful.

I love New York City so much

what the absolute fuck. the matrix is glitching real hard, y'all

a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man in an elevator and says `` not great , bob '' . Alt: from Mad Men, Pete Campbell in a suit and tie is talking to coworker Bob in an elevator and replying to his "how are you" greeting with "Not great, Bob!"

it is

They got Claudine Gay out of the Harvard presidency over a footnote.

my brain: fuck this
my nervous system: yeah, fuck this 🖕🏻
me: can we do anything to stop this?
them: nope
(i need a day off but i'm also just going to be freaking the fuck out no matter what)

that sounds extremely cathartic.

Serving in the government as a representative is a privilege, not a right. Somewhere, we lowered the bar to ”not convicted of any crimes, even if everyone knows you did it.” There’s lots of ppl in the US. If we cant find one w/o a swastika tattoo to represent us, we’re in trouble.

I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us. RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

Trump should be forced to pay every American citizen $1m in damages and he should have to write every check personally by hand for 16 hrs a day until he’s finished.

highkey, this subscription drive will basically determine if we turn a profit in our first year, and whether or not we can pay ourselves for all of our work this year. we've put thousands of hours into this and we're so close.

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Turns out if you get good grades and act like you've got it all together they let you raw dog ADHD your whole life until motherhood or perimenopause send you into a full blown burnout

How we doing 🌶️🧠 fam

WCK teams in Gaza were able to cook meat again for the first time in eight months. Our kitchens served hundreds of thousands of plates of chicken and beef with vegetables. Families—especially children—were overjoyed to receive meals they hadn’t had in months. #ChefsForGaza

"check out my trip to a lush resort with my new honey, [famous acting person]"
yeah this definitely won't just accelerate the psychosis problem

Many people are outraged that Trump is demolishing part of the White House. But of course Trump can't do it without help. It's ACECO LLC of Silver Spring MD ("full-service demolition") that is tearing down the People's House. You can call them and let them know how you feel. 1/

i'm just unimpressed by it whenever i've used it. it's like a party trick. bored now.

I remember this destruction of the Bonwit Teller sculptures Donald Trump had previously promised to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and I've loathed Donald Trump ever since. I even referenced that incident in a story I published in @lightspeedmagazine.com. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/a-ma...

As bad as everything is, I think I hate the sheer stupidity of it the most

it feels so fucking on the nose!

The president tearing down the White House and his nominee to lead an ethics office bragging about his "Nazi streak" seem to be things that would promptly end a presidency?

A detail of the bodice of a strapless evening dress covered all over with shaded purple sequins. It has a narrow purple silk belt

Full length view of the strapless purple Dior gown covered in purple sequins with a narrow purple belt

Dior’s 1950 Debussy dress might have grown from the ocean floor, a crustacean of a dress covered in shell like embellishments and water droplet sequins. The gown for a mermaid stepping foot ashore to cast her spell on mere mortals #museumatFIT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡